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Everyone of us who EDC need to decide what we'll do if we're confronted with a life and death situation.

What would you do?

I know I've heard stories here from FReepers who have had to pull their firearms.

As concealed carriers, pulling our firearm is the last thing we want to do but we have that option.

1 posted on 02/01/2020 7:57:24 PM PST by PROCON
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2 posted on 02/01/2020 7:57:55 PM PST by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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Tuco’s Rule


3 posted on 02/01/2020 8:01:09 PM PST by NonValueAdded ("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
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Harry Truman didn’t give Japan a warning shot, even though some of his advisors wanted him to.


4 posted on 02/01/2020 8:02:00 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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Warning shots, unicorns, Santa, the Easter Bunny, the good fairy, are bullshit. Shoot till the threat is gone. The best gunfight is the one you’re never in, but you have to be the winner if that’s the last resort. IMHO


5 posted on 02/01/2020 8:03:52 PM PST by Equine1952
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6 posted on 02/01/2020 8:05:36 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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This is very good advice for the situations described and for the literal acting of aiming directly at and firing shots directly at a threatening/advancing bad guy.

But it’s also good advice for Republican Attorneys General.

If you’re going to arrest criminal conspirators, arrest them. Don’t talk about it, especially endless talking, with all kinds of pre-talking through surrogates predicting bombshells and booms.

Just do your darn job and arrest the SOBs.

Sorry for hijacking the thread, but when I read the title and saw the line from Good/Bad/Ugly it’s what I thought the article was actually about.

Now back to the actual ontopic discussion. Sorry again for the digression.


7 posted on 02/01/2020 8:06:50 PM PST by samtheman (Trump Campaign Ad (hopefully): Look at Virginia. Look at NY. What Democrats do.)
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It kills me when people say to rack a pump shotgun to scare the bad guys.

The chamber should already be loaded and you click off the safety and shoot the perp!


8 posted on 02/01/2020 8:08:46 PM PST by Beagle8U (Did Eric Ciaramella kill Epstein? He didn't kill himself.)
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As concealed carriers, pulling our firearm is the last thing we want to do but we have that option.
= = = = = = = = = = = =

Two things that one must keep close at hand.

A firearm and a parachute.

If you ever REALLY need either and don’t have, chances are pretty good you will never need anything again.


9 posted on 02/01/2020 8:09:21 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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10 posted on 02/01/2020 8:12:49 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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ALL THE REASONS TO OWN FIREARMS
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13 posted on 02/01/2020 8:20:42 PM PST by Dick Bachert (THE DEEP STATE HATES YOU!)
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One of my shooting coaches recommends that you always fire three warning shots: two in the chest, and one in the head.


18 posted on 02/01/2020 8:26:40 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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“Now, remember: you don't aim a gun at a man unless you intend to shoot him. And, you don't shoot a man unless you intend to kill him. No warning shots. Hey, you listening to me? No warning shots. Warning shots are bullshit. You shoot to kill, or you don't shoot at all.“

19 posted on 02/01/2020 8:30:23 PM PST by Rastus
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That first pic shows a problem. The apparent home owner is well lit and the perp is in the dark. I keep the hall to our bedrooms dark and a small light in the living room so any intruder will be in the light and I will be in the dark. Helps with sight picture and lessens their night vision.


20 posted on 02/01/2020 8:36:42 PM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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“The man began to comply, but suddenly fired, hitting Cain in the abdomen. Cain was taken to the hospital but died of his wounds.”

Getting to the point of dropping someone when other options might be available is difficult, but it is sometimes needed. If a guy who’s a threat is holding a gun...we all must learn to quickly take him out. There’s no reason to put yourself or your family at risk trying to talk him down, and even if you did, think about, he’d simply hit another family...and they probably won’t be so lucky.


21 posted on 02/01/2020 8:38:46 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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Agreed. Shoot the bastard first. Then if he is still a threat, shoot him again.


24 posted on 02/01/2020 8:42:22 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (If gun ownership by private citizens scares DemocRats, the 2nd Amendment is doing its job.)
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Retired cop buddy send me a vid, dude walks up to a pack and ship place, wearing hoodie on hot day and no boxes. Pulled a gun on the clerk, customer next to him pulled his ccw out of his shorts, extended his arm, and shot the guy three times, twice in the head. Hoodie kept things nice and clean.

Point is the shooter saw the threat and neturalized it in a span of 6 seconds. That’s how it is done.


29 posted on 02/01/2020 8:58:07 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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I still find this partly nonsense, and partly catering to thug-loving liberalism.

So, liberals are saying we must be quick-draw McGraw and think fast on whether we want to shoot someone. And hope we are quick enough to beat the thug to the punch. Because if we brandish it first, or shoot into the ground, or talk to them, it means the thug wasn’t an IMMEDIATE threat, and of course he should never be shot unless he really truly had a gun and was pulling his trigger right then.

Geesh.

No thanks. Sounds total BS. And caving to liberal think.

I thought we love posting stories about people who took out their guns and scared the bum just that way.


30 posted on 02/01/2020 8:58:44 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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Dead People Tell No Lies... and they have no lawyer or a case.


41 posted on 02/01/2020 9:35:45 PM PST by Jumper
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It changes everything about your life. It’s an event you revisit in your head, rolling over it like a bad dream. But it’s a burden I’ll bear if it means I’ll continue to draw breath.


52 posted on 02/01/2020 10:30:10 PM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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I’ve had to pull my pistol in the USA three times in my life which was enough to stop the threat

In Sierra Leone late 80s it was a different scenario

I don’t believe the adage don’t pull it until you are for sure going to shoot them

That is simply wrong in most civilian applications

It causes cops to shoot too damn fast and to kill always

But I’m sure recon rangers life of dangers here will scold me


55 posted on 02/02/2020 12:42:47 AM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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